John Petersen, provost at the University of Connecticut, will be the new president of the University of Tennessee, beating out 46 other applicants who were part of the university's most public and costly search.John Petersen John Petersen (born on 22 April 1972) is a retired Faroese football striker who is currently manager of Skála ÍF. Club career A prolific striker, Petersen has won Faroese league winner medals with GÍ Gøta and B36 Tórshavn. , provost at the University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut is the State of Connecticut's land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves more than 27,000 students on its six campuses, including more than 9,000 graduate students in multiple programs. UConn's main campus is in Storrs, Connecticut. , will be the new president of the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. , beating out 46 other applicants who were part of the university's most public and costly search. In the effort to avoid the types of scandals that embroiled em·broil tr.v. em·broiled, em·broil·ing, em·broils 1. To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions: "Avoid . . . UT's past two leaders (one was accused of excessive spending, the other allegedly had an inappropriate relationship with a staffer), the school spent $250,000 for its recent presidential search and posted candidates' resumes on the Inter net for review ... |
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